Geïsha on the beach

[Jeremy971]

Daniel-san give us a great game this week. So to thank him and all paradox team, I give them some pics of beautifuls geïsha on the beach.

They were real geisha from the 19th century. You can watch more pics on http://www.ufunk.net/photos/swimsuit-geisha/

 

[Jeremy971]

And since what really matter is war, more pics of real samouraïs from 19th :

more on www.ufunk.net/photos/les-derniers-samourai/

 

[Zupanicarr]

Allied intelligence is going to have a confusing day with this one...

Curiously enough, female samurai were actually very common, and often fought in battle, usually along side their husbands.
Unfortunately their power diminished over time, and now you never really hear about them for a couple obvious and nonsensical reasons...

 

[PanosB3]

 

[blue_yonder]

the OP is bizarre spam but Panos' vid has an excellent vid by Jeremy Clarkson, on Tirpitz and the raid on St. Nazaire, so thanks for posting it.

 

[Jeremy971]

Allied intelligence is going to have a confusing day with this one...
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Curiously enough, female samurai were actually very common, and often fought in battle, usually along side their husbands.
Unfortunately their power diminished over time, and now you never really hear about them for a couple obvious and nonsensical reasons...

Oh thank you for the link. I didn't know that ! I thought it was only for the pic...

Oh come on ! These pics are beautifuls and rares since they are colored. I have never seen such pics before so I wanted to share them with you.

 

[Zupanicarr]

Oh thank you for the link. I didn't know that ! I thought it was only for the pic...

The woman in the picture was likely "onna-bugeisha," however it would have been ceremonial as by the time that picture was taken their power was almost gone and unfortunately women's roles in Japan were largely reduced to simply child bearers by that point. Not a great time in their history.

Over time they stopped including them in literature and such, and it's all quite depressing. Thankfully with the internet people are starting to remember them, but they're still surprisingly unknown, given they're the classic story of female warriors.
But that can be said for so many of the latter...